The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1887-03-12
A View Of Caldwell and the
Boise Valley as Seen by
an Impartial Observer.
Important Irrigating bitches
Being Taken Out.
RUSH FOR LAND ENTRIES BY COMPA-
MES, COLONIES AND INDIVIDUALS
cALDwELL's CENTRAL LOCATION
AND GOOD PROSPECTS.
Correspondence Salt Lake Tribune.

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7" Short Line in Idaho, cannot hell
but realize that great future awaits
its development. That portion be.
Y tween Mountain Home and Weiser
!. a distance of about ninety miles
. forms a strip twenty to forty miles
wide which is very rich soil and
only lacks water to make it exceed
ingly productive. Snake river forms
the south and west boundary of this
strip, while the Boise river, and the
hills on that side form the other
linz, while the Oregon Short Line
passes nearly central to all this vast
region from end to end. This coun-
try lies on an average elevation
above the sea level of about 1890
or 1000 feet lower than Salt Lake
City. This aids in making the eli
mate mild and well suited for the
growth of all kinds of vegetables,
fruits and grains. The valley is
wide and not subject to rapid
changes in weather, and hence is
well adapted to stock raising also,
and for the formation of good health
among the people. The building of
the railway has brought this coun-
try into notice and peopled it with
many prosperous citizens. Its
merits having elected deep inter-
est among the officials of the Union
Pacific, that corporation will in the
future do much
TOWARDS ITS DEVELOPMENT.
Mr.. P. P. Shelby, Assistant Cen
eral Traffic manager of the Union {
Pacific, who lately spent some time ,
in looking over the country, became t
so well satisfied with it's capabilities $
that he is doing much for it. '
Caldwell is fortunately located r
about central to the region named, a
md hence its future prosperity is {
assured. Already several irrigat- n
ng ditcheshave been put in to take
water from the Boise river and con-
'ey jfto the bench lands. The one
pdstructed by the Idaho & Oregon a
and Improvement Co., has been in v
peration two or three seasons. and g
being extended still further. The P,
lain canal is twenty-four miles al
ing and will be extended six miles al
lore in the spring. This canal has %
auscd the growth of grain and ir
sgetables where sage brush had te
ED possession of the land from at
ng before white men visited it,and We
ong the line of this canal the des- mi
t puts on brighter and more tel
easing aspect. This canal is de- Tel
yncd to reclaim about 5000 acres is
land nearly all in sight of Cald- gu
III, 10000 acres of which is al Da
IDLY occupied. 1t has cost thus tui
$3.50 and supplies Caldwell the
tn water and power, there being no'
perpendicular fall from it of--35 tne
t on the town site. Then there is ma
other ditch known as 'The Farm ias'
Ditch" owned by settlers few Drl'
es cast of Caldwell, on which tho
nc 20 teams are now at work. 1t puD
reclaim an immense body of TWO
land. Farther up Boise river, OF T.
above Boise City, is the New %
k canal. on which mucb worL stor
been done about its head, and dev(
construction Of which will re- IN "
g very large capital. These irri- ana
ng enterprises, while calculated AN
,yer lands east Of Caldwell anJ lied
he south of Boise r;ver will ~ all t.
extend west of tho tou, o,,J also
r most of the peninsula living C
zen the Snake and Boise rivers. u,;.,,
, .tan VIZ DIS. IS tapped mere This
farms along the river bottom Va
the way down to where it
les into Snake river twenty Id
Land
AN IMPORTANT ENTERPRISE Caldy
iich citizen of Salt Lake is on 46
rlme mover, is making good persol
ess. This is no less than the some
ruction of large canal to take same
from Boise river at the Cald- Gro
wagon bridge one mile from for a
and convey it to the bench with c
ON the north side of the river busint
skirting the railway all the cate.
o Snake river Mr.. Howard has
9, who has engineered success which
20 many enterprises of this hope t
,ter, became interested in this The
Die old ditch right on which to hole
work had been done, and Sc impro,
an option from all the own fall.
lie had surveys made to learn
luch land the ditch could be Alth
" ieciai'n' ana at the same ground
inplUVe .le line as tar as covered
r e, inns survey showed the the hor
lity of recovering over 49, 900 bits il
\ eooo iand' ana OF greatly zenshiE